Have you ever walked into a store, saw the products on display and thought you entered the wrong place? That’s what happened when I visited Xiaomi’s store at The Place in Beijing…. until it dawned on me: I was exactly where I meant to go. Sports shoes, toothbrushes, and mattresses are not the kind of […]
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China’s top 6 angel investors
Top 6 Chinese angel investors that give wings to startup dreams
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Why QR codes trump NFC in China
Editor’s note: This was contributed by Tianyu M. Fang, a Boston-based freelance writer on Chinese tech and culture, and an independent researcher on US-China relations. Previously, he lived in Beijing, where he worked closely with China’s tech startup community. Among the ten customers lining up inside a Starbucks store in Beijing, I seemed to be the only […]
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A year in constant review: China’s surveillance breakthroughs in 2017
Developments in hardware, software, AI, and networking in China have allowed the country to make huge leaps in security. As AI and networking allow the systems to become smarter and connected to more databases, they are increasingly proactive and effective. Many of these advances have come with little fanfare at home, but others have caught […]
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China’s tech firms are adapting to an increasingly IP sensitive environment
Over the past few decades, China has been perceived as a land of copycats where local firms duplicate proven technologies and business models from the West without giving due credit. Counterfeit apparel, blatant technology infringements and pirated movies are still stereotypical portrayals of the state of intellectual property (IP) protection dynamics in the Middle Kingdom. […]
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China is a unique market and this startup is helping foreign hardware makers to crack it
China is arguably the world’s largest manufacturing center for smart devices thanks to the quick rise of hardware hubs like Shenzhen. Groups of foreign entrepreneurs come to the country in search of more affordable parts, efficient manufacturers, cheap labor, crowdsourcing, and the vibrant startup community. But even though their products are manufactured here, it is […]
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China’s Sputnik moment: Q&A with Jeremy Goldkorn on the global impact of Chinese tech
Ahead of SupChina’s ‘Next China’ conference in New York, we spoke to SupChina editor and old China hand Jeremy Goldkorn about all things China tech. Goldkorn spoke about how China has become a true innovator, how developments in the sector have changed the way other countries perceive China, how the country will lead in healthcare, […]
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How a Taiwan-based AIoT startup is taking on the next big wave
We are entering the era of intelligent things where smart devices seep into every aspect of our lives. As AI continues to evolve and IoT devices proliferate, the two transformative technologies converge, forming something called AIoT (the artificial intelligence of things) or some may refer to it as the next generation of IoT. Sounds a […]
